Archive for the ‘Windows Home Server’ Category

View your Server’s motherboard information via the web

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

By combining Motherboard Monitor and Whiist it is possible to generate a web page that displays the information from your server's motherboard (CPU & HDD temperatures, fan speeds etc) without having to know any HTML. Procedure: Download Motherboard Monitor and save to one of the WHS Shared Folders. Remote Desktop to WHS and ...

UPnP, Firewalls and Firewalls

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

After the install WHS attempted to configure my router, and this appeared to work initially. Upon further investigation it seemed that WHS was failing to configure the router via UPnP, and I was getting error messages via the WHS console. My Netgear 834GT does support UPnP, but for some reason ...

The Hardware and Installation

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

I decided to install WHS on an old PC that I no longer had any use for. My trusty old Shuttle SN41G2(v1). The Spec: AthlonXP 2200 CPU 2×512Mb Ram 2×320Gb PATA Hard Drives DVD burner (not required after WHS installation) This PC has passed its best, and I was struggling to find a use for ...

The Delivery Process

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

I ordered my WHS 120-day trial online on 11th November 2007. After completing the order I was surprised to learn that it could take up to 28 days for delivery! OK, it’s a free trial, but I did have to pay £5 ($10) for postage. It’s 2007, I’m used to ...

Introduction

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

I’m writing this blog to document my experience building a home server using a 120-day evaluation copy of Microsoft’s Windows Home Server (WHS). I hope to describe the painful 6-week delivery process, the initial installation, and the eventual realisation that in 120-days I would have to go through it all ...